RECON: TNO occultation with 328884

Event between (328884) 10LJ109 and star GA0460:28392093 with event index number of 337704

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/17 15:00:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:53:06.4 -43:34:53
Equinox of date position of star is 19:54:29.3 -43:31:44
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 24 degrees from the moon. Moon is 37% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.8

TNO is 13.5 AU from the Sun and 13.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 8.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 527 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4117 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.1
Diameter=57.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Diameter=23.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 328884, (2020/03/17 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:45.8 -29:30:53  1.2 39.00  54
38Zet Sgr      19:03:53.7 -29:50:58  2.7 16.99   7
Iot Sgr        19:56:39.0 -41:48:49  4.1  1.76  22
PPM 325531     19:51:58.7 -43:44:02  8.4  0.50  23
PPM 325572     19:54:04.0 -43:29:36  9.8  0.09  23
328884         19:54:31.1 -43:31:40 16.3        24
Positions are for equinox of date

Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.

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Star training set for 328884, (2020/03/17 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:23  1.2 39.00  54
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7 16.99   7
Iot Sgr        19:55:15.7 -41:52:05  4.1  1.76  22
PPM 325531     19:50:33.6 -43:47:11  8.4  0.50  23
PPM 325572     19:52:39.3 -43:32:48  9.8  0.09  23
328884         19:53:06.4 -43:34:53 16.3        24
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/10/15 22:13:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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